Location: Ferguson

Born: June 25, 1929 Deport, Lamar County, Texas

Died: January 19, 2013 Waco, McLennan County, Texas

Parents:
Henry Clay Wright (1893 – 1962)
Jessie Marie Marshall Wright (1896 – 1937)

Spouse:
John H. Morton (1930 – 2009)

Mary W. Morton, 83, of Waco, passed away Saturday, Jan. 19, 2013.

Funeral services will be 2 p.m., Wednesday, Jan. 23, at OakCrest Funeral Home. Visitation will be 5 to 7 p.m., Tuesday, at OakCrest Funeral Home.

Mary Ann was born in Deport, Texas, to the late Henry C. and Jessie Marshall Wright. She married her college sweetheart, John, in 1953 in Big Spring, Texas. Mary taught for 23 years, including positions at East Texas Teacher’s College, Howard County Junior College in Big Spring, Harlandale Jr, High in San Antonio, La Vega Intermediate School, and North Junior High School in Waco. She was a long time member of the Grace Temple Church Dorcas Class. She loved flowers, Cardinals and Baylor.

Mary Ann was preceded in death by her husband of over 50 years, John Hardman Morton; and brothers Billy Wright and Marshall Wright.

Survivors include sons, Clay Morton, of Dallas, and Randy Morton, of Waco; daughter, Susan Morton, of Waco; grandsons, Matthew and Pierce Morton, and John Stoume and his wife, Jessica; great-grandson, Jeremiah Stoume; brother, Grady Wright and family, of Deport; sister, Geraldine Powers and family, of Amarillo; sister-in-law, Ruby Wright, of Rosenthal; and sister-in-law, Marjorie Hutson and family, of Valley View, Texas; and many wonderful friends.